Peterborough United returned to winning ways with a 3-2 victory over strugglers AFC Wimbledon on Saturday afternoon, seeing them climb up to 8th place after failing to win in their last two.
Yet another fine goal from playmaker Marcus Maddison saw Peterborough United take the lead after 29 minutes as the 26-year-old drove forward before smashing into the top corner on his weaker right foot from outside the box.
Record signing Mo Eisa also continued his fine form with a goal either side of Mitch Pinnock’s second half strike than squirmed under Posh ‘keeper Christy Pym. Second-half substitute Anthony Wordsworth pulled one back with just over 10 minutes remaining but it was Darren Ferguson’s side who took all three points.
Yesterday’s win sees Marcus Maddison move to six goals and six assists in the League, while strikers Mo Eisa and Ivan Toney both sit on eight goals. The trio have scored all but one of Posh’s goals so far this season, with loanee Josh Knight grabbing the other.
Now, speaking to the Peterborough Telegraph, Ferguson has praise on his attackers before adding that he is happy that his side have put last weekend’s loss to Doncaster Rovers to bed with a win over the Dons. Ferguson said:
“We just had to win today. That’s all I wanted just so we could put the result and performance at Doncaster last week to bed. There were some aspects of our performance that were very pleasing and others that were not so good, but we can enjoy the weekend and iron out any problems on Monday.
“Our front three are a real handful. Mo makes finishing look easy, and his two goals today were anything but, and Marcus contributed another special goal.
“But from 3-1 we missed a few chances to score a fourth goal which could have led to a much bigger win. I actually got angry with Marcus when he missed the opportunity to pass the ball into the net. Instead I have no idea what he tried and when they scored again it made the last 15 minutes far more uncomfortable than it should have been.
“At 2-0 the next goal is always important and we didn’t get it, and that goal changed the complexion of the game a bit. We managed the last five minutes well, but we gifted them two goals. Our goalkeeper has made a freakish error for the first goal, but I was more annoyed with how cheaply we gave the ball away in midfield, and we dropped too deep too quickly for the second goal.
“We need to get back to keeping clean sheets again, but we won, we now have five wins out of eight with one defeat so I have to be happy with that.”
